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   翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 06-May-2023 10:33:25 JST 翠星石

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   • DarkMahesvara
   @DarkMahesvara I smell proprietary tricks.
   
   From the limited amount of available information, it looks like they're planning to make a modified version of coreboot with the Tianocore payload - with all init done by proprietary software with digital handcuffs that executes coreboot once init has been completed.
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     DarkMahesvara (darkmahesvara@varishangout.net)'s status on Saturday, 06-May-2023 10:33:26 JST DarkMahesvara
     "it was made clear that AMD openSIL will be a replacement to AGESA and in turn supporting their entire future processor spectrum."
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     The presentation also noted that beyond AMD openSIL code being open-source, the openSIL specification will also be open. AMD "invites every silicon vendor" to participate in this open-source system firmware endeavor. "
     
     https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-openSIL-Replace-AGESA
     
     while im skeptical until is see it this sounds great :zt_nod: